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"We would be surprised to think that anyone would deliberately destroy something that has cost us so much time and money in aid of a good cause."

The Tree Bee Society was set up to aid the conservation of Honey and Bumble Bee species through education. The specialise in bee removal, swarm removal, beeswax products (hand cream and other cosmetics) and local honey.

Abigail said: "I paid a visit to the Eller Brook field to check on the hives and drop off some bags of leaf mulch for the Top Bar hives and came across this.

"All of our hives are ratchet strapped down so this wasn't done by an animal or the weather. This was a human, opening a ratcheted hive and lashing it.

The Tree Bee Society have lost £300 and 50,000 bees as a result of the vandalism

"We've lost out on about £300, not including the honey, wax and time we put into saving these bees from being killed in the first place."

The bees will have attempted to huddle together to combat being exposed to extreme cold but even with that, they would not be able to survive.

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A spokesperson for the police force said: "We were called about a beehive being vandalised around 5.20pm yesterday evening at Sutch Lane in Ormskirk . At this time enquiries are ongoing into the incident."